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T. 15 N., R. 27 E., accepted December 

29, 2006 

T. 15 N., R. 26 E., accepted December 

29, 2006 

T. 13 N., R. 28 E., accepted December 

29, 2006 

T. 12 N., R. 28 E., accepted December 

29, 2006 

The plats of survey of the following 

described lands were officially filed in 

the Bureau of Land Management 

Oregon/Washington State Office, 

Portland, Oregon, on March 19, 2007. 

Willamette Meridian 

Oregon 

T. 29 S., R. 9 W., accepted January 19, 

2007 

T. 30 S., R. 5 W., accepted January 26, 

2007 

T.31 S., R. 4 W., accepted January 26, 

2007 

T. 15 S., R. 6 W., accepted February 15, 

2007 

T. 10 S., R. 1 E., accepted February 15, 

2007 

T. 13 S., R. 8 W., accepted February 15, 

2007 

T. 7 S., R. 4 E., accepted February 15, 

2007 

T. 29 S., R. 10 W., accepted February 15, 

2007 

T. 15 S., R. 2 W., accepted February 15, 

2007 

T. 8 S., R. 4 E., accepted February 23, 

2007 

Willamette Meridian 

Washington 

T. 5 N., R. 23 E., accepted January 26, 

2007 

T. 4 N., R. 23 E., accepted January 26, 

2007 

T. 31 N., R. 7 W., accepted February 23, 

2007 

The plats of survey of the following 

described lands were officially filed in 

the Bureau of Land Management 

Oregon/Washington State Office, 

Portland, Oregon, on March 27, 2007. 

Willamette Meridian 

Oregon 

T. 15 S., R. 13 E., accepted March 15, 

2007 

Willamette Meridian 

Washington 

T. 19 N., R. 3 W., accepted March 9, 

2007 

T. 39 N., R. 33 E., accepted March 9, 

2007 

A copy of the plats may be obtained 

from the Land Office at the Oregon/ 

Washington State Office, Bureau of 

Land Management, 333 SW., 1st 

Avenue, Portland, Oregon 97204, upon 

required payment. A person or party 

who wishes to protest against a survey 

must file a notice that they wish to 

protest (at the above address) with the 

Oregon/Washington State Director, 

Bureau of Land Management, Portland, 

Oregon. 

For further information contact: Chief, 

Branch of Geographic Sciences, Bureau 

of Land Management, (333 S.W. 1st 

Avenue) P.O. Box 2965, Portland, 

Oregon 97208. 

Dated: April 4, 2007. 

Pamela J. Chappel, 

Branch of Lands and Minerals Resources. 

[FR Doc. E7–6907 Filed 4–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–33–P 

INTERNATIONAL BOUNDARY AND 

WATER COMMISSION, UNITED 

STATES AND MEXICO 

United States Section; Notice of 

Availability of a Draft Environmental 

Assessment and Finding of No 

Significant Impact for Flood Control 

Improvements From International Dam 

to Riverside Diversion Dam, Within the 

Rio Grande Rectification Project, 

Located in El Paso County, TX 

AGENCY: United States Section, 

International Boundary and Water 

Commission. 

Proposed Action: Levee height 

improvements within an approximate 

15-mile reach from International Dam to 

Riverside Diversion Dam in El Paso, El 

Paso County, Texas to meet the current 

Federal Emergency Management Agency 

(FEMA) freeboard requirements. 

Report Designation: Environmental 

Assessment. 

SUMMARY: The United States Section of 

the International Boundary and Water 

Commission (USIBWC) has prepared an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 

proposed action to raise the levee 

system from International Dam to 

Riverside Diversion Dam, in El Paso 

County, Texas. The levee system under 

consideration for this EA, 

approximately 15-miles long, is located 

entirely within the city limits of El Paso, 

Texas. 

This reach of levee system was 

recently identified as one of the priority 

areas within the Rio Grande 

Rectification Project for flood control 

improvements. The need for 

improvements to the levee system was 

determined by hydraulic modeling 

completed by the USIBWC in 2003. The 

USIBWC hydraulic study for this reach 

indicated that an increase in levee 

height would be required to meet design 

criteria for flood protection. An increase 

from 0.5 to 1.5 feet is anticipated for 

approximately 5.1 miles of levee. The 

increase in levee height would expand 

the levee footprint by lateral extension 

of the structure. Levee footprint 

increases in this reach will occur within 

the USIBWC right-of-way (ROW) and 

may extend primarily toward the 

riverside of the existing levee or to the 

landside given available ROW. 

FEMA decertification of USIBWC 

levees in El Paso County, Texas has 

resulted in the need to rehabilitate the 

levees to FEMA criteria; draft Digital 

Flood Insurance Rate Maps will be 

issued in spring of 2007. The USIBWC 

plans on raising approximately 5.1 

miles of USIBWC levees within the 

International Dam to Riverside 

Diversion Dam to meet the minimum 3 

feet of freeboard criteria. 

The Environmental Assessment 

assesses potential environmental 

impacts of the Proposed Action and the 

No Action Alternative. A Draft Finding 

of No Significant Impact was issued for 

the Proposed Action, including 

mitigation measures, based on a review 

of the facts and analyses contained in 

the Environmental Assessment. An 

environmental impact statement will 

not be prepared unless additional 

information which may affect this 

decision is brought to our attention 

within 30-days from the date of this 

Notice. 

Availability: Copies of the Draft 

Environmental Assessment and Finding 

of No Significant Impact may be 

obtained by request from Mr. Daniel 

Borunda, 4171 North Mesa, Suite C–

100, El Paso, Texas 79902, e-mail: 

danielborunda@ibwc.state.gov. 

Electronic copies may also be obtained 

from the USIBWC Home Page at 

http://www.ibwc.state.gov. Written 

comments will be accepted for 30-days 

following the date of this Notice. 

Dated: April 5, 2007. 

Susan Daniel, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. E7–6827 Filed 4–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7010–01–P 


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